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Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Roman Way, Higher St Budeaux, Plymouth PL5 2DT · plaistowhill.org.uk · 01752 365410
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 165
- 92% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Plymouth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 25.5%
- First language not English
- 7.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 19 families put the school first and 19 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 20 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 April 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Plaistow Hill Primary and Nursery School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Apr 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 113295), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113295)
Jun 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 113295)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 29
- 22% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 59% who raised concerns
based on the 14% who had a child bullied